The New York Herald Newspaper, September 5, 1848, Page 1

HE NEW YORK HERALD. remains NO. 5207. FREE S01L DEMONSTRATION IN THE NINTH WARD. VAN BUREW AND SPEECH OF JOUN VAN BUREN, AND OTHERS, ADAM: far Barrels and Yorches. "The/friends of Van Buren, Adams, and free soil, | of the Ninth ward of the ci y of New York, held amass meeting, last evening, in Abingd»n square, | atthe junction of Hudson and Bleecker streets, | for the purpose of aiding in the formation of the Jeffersontan League of the Ninth ward, and the promulgation of the principles of the free soij party. About one thousand persons were as- sembled at the time appointed ; and it having been announced that John Van Buren would speak, he was called upon long before the meet- ang was organized. - Not arriving at the time ap pointed, and the meeting having been called to order,fa Mr. Schaffer amused the audience with a | ‘Van Buren speech, until he made his appearance Mr. Van Buren spoke a8 follows—I thank you. fel- ‘dow citizens, for the kinduess with which you have re- ceived my coming forth to comply with your invitation to address the friends of free soil and the Jeffersonian Jeague of this ward to-night. You are about to on a presidential election, and naturally and properly the questions to be passed upon by the people at that election, occupy the public mind. Prominent among these is the question of human siavery—a question that has agitatea this republic from its foundation—and which is now presented for the careful consideration of every American citizen. Washington, Jefferson, and all parties of the revolution. did not hesitate to de- mounce this curse as an evil from which we must eventually escape. It was in existence in several of the old thirteen States. S:x of them Lad slavery, and it was with that consideration that it was permitted to con- tinue,thatin course of time we would get rid of it, so that of the old thirteen Sates, « majority would soon be non- slavebolding. The entire territory of the United States ‘was consecrated to freedom by the ordinance of 1787, which prohibited the inwoduction of slavery in the territory which it referred to, From that territory. five States have beev formed, making the proportion twelve free and six £ clding States, Such was the condition of the repu' at iw formation Starery continued to be denounced by every patriot of that day, andeven the best inteliccts of the South looked ‘upon it im the same light. Since that time, Texas, Florida and Louisiaus, Lave been added to this Union, and from them end fiom the original slave States, fifteen slave States, in n't, have been formed, amount- ing exactly to one haif in number of the States of this Union At this the question is presented to you, whether this Union is to be a majority of slave or non-slavebolding States; and this question is to be determined by the juture action of this govern- Texas was acnexed to this country, war with Mexico being entered into for the purpose. Those who wanted to force that territory into this Union, would not wait till the boundary was adjusted. All the people of the United States desired eventually the annexation of Texas, without a war with Mexico, after having adjusted its boundaries ; but the southern slaveholding States insisted on making the immediate annexation of Texas the con- trolling issue in the jast Presidential election. For LW pe they made it the only test in 1844 of eligibility to office. They forced thy democratic ey, to take the position of being in favor of the ediate annexation of Texas, Th y forced on us & President’ who should himself be a slaveholder. Regardless of the war roging with Mexico, and regard- Jess of the pledges made by Benton, Blair, Dix, and rs, who oppoted the admission of Texas till her boundary was adjusted, the President proceeded to annex it without. and thus brought on the war with this country, which lasted for eighteen months, in the a loss of thirty thousand lives. it is for ths pyopte of his country to inquire, now that these brave men have fallen—now that a cebt of fifty millions is con- _ tracted—ifit was by corrupt intrigue that this measure was foreed on the couniry, and this war brought -sbout, which has entailed ¢0 much suffering. Waile the war raged, we all supported it. While the count: We at war, we would prosecute it. We allcontributed, by our means and votes, to sustain it, and prosecute it toan honorable tcrmiuation. But the termination has been reached, and the inquiry now is whether that ‘War was just and necessary— whether the government should be continued in the hands of those by whom ‘the war was brought about—whether we shail putin office one who nvt only approved of it, but one who proposed to go to war for 54 40, on Oregon—whether We are to put in oflice the man who led the troops from Corpus Christi, and thus brought on immedi- ately the war, which wight have been avoided? When it Ddecame apparent that territory would be added to the United States. Mr. Wilmot, ‘of Pennsylvania, intro- duced a proviso, requiring that the territory which ‘we were about to acquire, and which was then free, should be kept free. Mr. King introduced into the next Congress a similar provision; but neither of these entlemen proposed to make: it'a test om the Presi- dential election, The South, however, now, asin the case of Texas, insist on making that the test of eligi- bility to office. They insist that no man should be a candidate unless ho is of opinion that slavery ought to be extended to the free territory. They insisted that they-would, under no necessity, support any man, except on that basis. They compeiled General Cass, who had previously avowed his taithin the Wilmot pro- viso, under threats that they would not support any candidate who believed in that proviso, to conform ‘his political belief to this, aud to deaounce and yote ‘against the proviso which he had previously sup- d. So the nomination of General Cass was made | the Baltimore Conventioa. The democracy of this | ite was not heard in tha! convention. Two sets of | delegates of known confhcting views were admitted it was known they would naturally have one. It was | known that the real delegates would not sit in that convention, and th consequence was that New York was not heard. Is that a national convention when New Vork is leftout ? [s that areal nomination when | New York was not heard?! Js that nomination, then, binding on this State or on the Union? Thus thought | the Buffalo Convention, and another candidate has | deen put forth who is known to you. You know | that it was not his wish to be nominated. I was myself a delegate to that convention. I voted for ‘Gardiner, and clectionecred fur him. 1 stated that the gentleman who was eventusily nominated would not accept, and | did all im my power to defeat his nomi- tion; but I was overruled, und the nomination was made. The whig party nominated General Taylor. ‘They did so, how? Because he declared his determi- mation to run whether they nominated him or not. ‘They nominated him, and they threw overboard one of their tried statesmen—a man whom I have always op- posed; and I presume no better test of his fidelity to the whig parto could be given, than that | opposed him always, and in every way. [is fidelity to his party was | admitted, and why was he not avaiable! 1t was because | the wascoppored to slavery. In my epinion, the nomina- | tion of General Taylor bas, thus fur, most eonclu- sively shown the intelligence of the American people aR er He bas got but two States thus far. It is s | favorable sign for a public man, when the promi amen of his own party support him; but General T ‘aylor ‘bas been in the field now for ninety days,and whocan | tell whether the prominent whigs in the Union intend to support him or not? Will M1. Webster vote for him? that atter ninety days unxiou: reflection, he has come ‘to the conclusion t> keep the promise that he made ‘Ddefore the nomination. He says, it is one of the worst nominations that could be made, but that, as he has ‘deen nominated. he will not oppose him. But I think, if elected at all, he f= to be elected by those who will support him, and not by there who will not oppose him. And as this election is within sixty days, this Daniel must come to judgment soon, (Laughter) The course thus taken by the two old parties of the Union—the people claiming to represent demo- Mr. Webster says | erates and whig#, bot, in fast representing mo one | ‘but themrelves—induced the assembl of the Buffalo Convention. Mr Van Buren then explained at length the platform of that body, and said that there Was no intenticn to interfere with the question of slavery in the old states, but avowed its intention ‘to resist eternally its extension beyond its present limits. The evils of slavery in the abstract, ne said he would not discurs, He then went into the southern system of representation, by which a Southern man with five flaves would count four, while a Northern man, be he ever so rich or influential, can only have ‘one vote, and dilated at great iength on the adva: tages to the No and to emigrants to have the new territory free from slavery, about the dig- nity of labor, Sc. Ho said this was im fact the government of the laboring man, and estad- Hshed for his elevation. Oregon has been seoured as .@ free territory, and #0 must New Mexico and Califor. | nia, He denied tbat the battle is to be postponed till | It will be fought in 1848; and every candidate | { 1852. for alderman, member of aesembly, &e , will be obliged to take his position on this subject, at an erly day,— ‘The North 1 now wnited, for the first time in the nis- tory of the country, on this question, All otaer ques- tions have been ailowed to rest ; and. in addition, the free soil men haye & large portion of the South with them on it. Mr, Van Buren reud ao letter from Ala- Dame, inviting him to be prerent at a free soil organi- vation, as an evidence of the progress of the principle in the slave States, Mr, Joux T. Dovi» hereupon came forward and -—the three candidates they had to vot» for, were U: Taylor, and Van Buren, ( of “Cass, Cass "’) Cass had the mantiness to fight openly in favor of slay —(No,no)—as wasto bo seen on reference to bis letters; and General Taylor had nov openly a clared in fevor of slavery; yet he had done #0 in privat conversations,. (Cheers) They bad many ovidences which went to chow that Maylor wu: ia favor of slavery, (Cheers) The name of Van Buren way prowinontiy and boldly before the public from the ata’t, in the part of the body called © barn+ Tt was sul aentiy brought ion of the Bvifulo convention —(cheere)—and no one could justify any accusation against dim of feifieh motives, (Applanse) Mr. D. here briefly adverted to the ratio of population In the | viewed the whole question of Southern slay Will Mr, Ciay support him? | ¥! “MORNING EDITION.---TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 18 South, and the slave qualifieations that g to the Southern voter te exercise the franchise, pre- vious tothe formation of the constitution; and re- ery, which he denounced as inc-mpatible with the institutions of thecountry. He next referred to the jealous pelley of the Si relation to the establishment of @ mint in New York, which Southern interest voted down in Congress, because objection was made to establishing one in Charleston, a were obscure town of the South, in comparison to New York. After which, Mr. D. con- cluded amid loud calls for Walker, Allen, and three cheers for Van Buren. Mr. Van Wisx.e next addressed the meeting, in fa- vor of the object for which they had assembled. The simple question before them, was one involving the simple issue of slavery on the one hand, and liberty on the other. (Cheering) The candi lates before them, he paid, were well known to them, and they could eatily select between them. (Cheers.) The South could not say they were unjust to them, because they wanted them to remain whore they were, and not go into States that were now free, (Hear, hear,” and cheere), Slaves were not to be considered property. It was held so by the friends of freedom. They, in the North. contended that slaves were not property. (A plause.) T'o be sure, they could take property with them any where from the South ; but slaves were not. (Loud applause) They should meet it boldly, and now put it down. (Applause) He aalled on them. therefore, to support Van Buren, as he was the great advocate of free soil and free principles. (Immense cheering ) Mr. Bounxe next addressed the meeting, and was loudly applauded The meeting soon separated, after giving several enthusiastic cheers for Van Buren and free soil. Meeting of the « Rough and Ready” Whig Club, of Brooklyn. A meeting of the members of this club was held, last night, at the City Hotel, Fulton street, to give an opportunity to the Hon T. Butler King, of Georgia, and,Colonel Haskell, of Ten- nessee, to address the whigs of Brooklyn on the claims of General Taylor. to their support at the ensuing Presidential election. The meeting was respectably, but,not numerously, attended, there not being more than from three to four hundred persons in the room at uny period of the proceed- ings. Mr. Spinona, chairman of the club, presided on the occasion, and submitted a motion, that a com- mittee of five—consisting of Messrs. Ashley, Uader- wood, Fisk, Hutchings, and Leech—be appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sonse of the meet- ing, which Wes unanimously agreed to. In the mean time, The Honorable Tuomas Butter Kina addressed the meeting, After some general remarks on the import- ance of the struggle in which they were engaged, and the necessity tor harmonious action and un- tixing perseverance, he went on to say, that the democratic candidate (Generul Cass) had been doing nothing since his returmfrom France, but to stir the people for war and annexatiou. His very tlooks showed that he was actually ready to swallow all ico. (Laughter.) Therecan be no c6 ibt if President of the United States, the councry woul be long preserved from that calamity. Providence, however, had not forsaken them—(applause)—but would yet secure for them the victory, if they were only true to themselves. (Cheers) e had d up for them ® man who was the Washington of the ege— (cheers)—that master mind; that man without proach—Zachary Taylor. (Cheers.) He would say a tew words with respect to the two principal candidates, and the! erhaps, he might say a word about the three candida It waa # principal which they all adopted in private life, that a man who-could not be trusted in small things, could not be trusted in greater. After the war of 1812, Gencral Cass was appointed Governor of the territory of Michigan, at a salary of two thou- sand dollars. He was also ex-officio manager of Indian affairs, Noralary was provided by law for this last office. Now, it might be expected that if he had any regular claim, in addition vo bis salary, he would send in his quarterly account to the Treasury, He did not do 80, hwever; but in 1821 er *22,he sent in his ac count of $1500 a year, for what he termed “ other services.” He (Mr. K.) believed he was paid $1600, Now, .im 1529, he sent.in another account; and £0 on, from tiime to time, for these “other rervices*’ he claimed and received from the War Department between sixty and seventy thousand dollars, under the head of xtra services, in addition te bis regular éalary of t#0 thousand dolla Not only thet, but when he wns Secretary of War made enother claim for thirty-five thousand dollars, for‘: further” services. He (Mr. K.) would not be sure whether these dates were strictly correct, but the facts Were 80, and the documents were forthcoming to prove them. Now, he contended, that he had no equitable claim whatever to these sums, and he would ask, if been his conduct in small matters, and if eceeded while receiving two thousand dollars a year, as Governor of the Territory of Michigan, to secure for himself one hundred thousand dollars more, what might they expect would be his extra claims, if he were elected President of the United States, at a salury of tweuty-five thousand dollars a ear? (Cheers) He would now refer to Zachary Taylor. lie bad never received @ dolisr tor extra services. The one General had always bagged the dollars, and the other bagged the enemies of his country. (Cheers.) ‘The public men who had served this republic in its infancy, had been all poor men. Some of those who had lately done so, had not been distinguished for their poverty or self-sacrifice, He then referred to General Cass’s military career, and designated him “ the hero of Hull’s surrender.” (Laughter) He con- tended, that General Cass had no right to surrender at all on that ovcasion. With the exception of one litle skirmish afterwards, this was all chat was ever beard of him during the late war. It was said that he had broken his sword in consequence of that sur- render; but that had been disproved, If, how- ever. he had done so. he (Mr K.) thought it would have been better for him to have broken it on one of theenemy. (Appiause.) Then there was his military reputation; and of his reputation in his civil capacity he bad already spoken. He then alluded to the military reputation ef Gen. Taylor, and defended him from the charges so often made against him, as to his inability to write bisown despatches. After speak- ing in g.owing terms of,the battie of Buens Vista,which | proved £0 incontrovertibly the skill, consummate tact, and valor of the gallant general, he proceeded to say a few words with respect to the other candidate, Mr Van Buren, He was the same slippery, sly, and de- | signing politician that he had been in 1840.— (Laughter) His administration had been the most extravegaut one that ever governed this country. The public expenditure of the country had been raited from thirteen to thirty-nine millions of dollars, and he had appoiuted sixty-seven receivers of the public money during that time, whose corruptions Were too notorious to require any observation. This man now proposes to come in on the shoulders of a sectional party; and any man who did #0 must be con- sidered as an enemy to the welfare ef the country. (Applause). It had been attempted to be shown that the whigs of the South were not faithful to the nomination of the Philadelphia Convention ; but they might rest assured that, there would be no dereliction on the part of the Southera whigs ; and he would stake his life upon it, were it neces- sary, that they would be astrue tothe support of Fillmore, as to that of Zachary lor. (Applause.) He thought the Irish, or foreigners, of this country, who had become adopted ci ; bad lately had their ayes Coane. to the real ling of both par- ties. ‘hen fami Swept over the Irish people, the ‘ongress, that half a miilion of dol- d torelieve them; but the vote was negatived bythe democrats (Cheers.) The democrats IL “blarney’’ to the Irish when they wanted any- | them, when the Irish people ited thele nce, it was refused. Ay ) Hi luded By saying, that ho pelleved Providers wacen’ ts rovidence was on their | side, and thet on November next, the whigs would | triumph, from one extremity of the country to the | other, and Gen. Taylor be successful candidate. | (Cheers.) | : Mr. Srivoxa thenread an invitation from the whigs of Williamaburg, to attend a meeting there on Friday | evening next, which was accepted by the meeting. Mr. Asuiey, the Chairman of the Committee on Re- | solutions, them read the preamble and resolutions | which were first adopted by the committee. They ex- Looe pe their unanimous determination to support | bles and Fillmore, and were warmly accepted by the meeting. | Co.one. Haskert was the next speaker, and was | received with great applause. He said, that he felt | great pleasure in meeting the citizens of Brooklyn, on | that evening. and that he had delayed three days | | er in town for | was his motto. He was proud to say sented the district of Davy Crockett, (C! claimed that to be the best whig district in t It was an anti Jackson--Hevry Cia: ‘They were now in the t of & great campaign, and three great parties ‘were contending in the struggle. Of these three can- didates they had one to chose. The reason why he followed the standard of Zachary Taylor in preference to the rest, he would briefly state. Much had been Faid about the ingratitude of the whig party in not utting forward Henry Clay, Now, for his part, he ad helped to run up his majority, on one occasion, to 113 in Tennessee, but on the prevent occasion, he saw no difference between the principlys of these two states- men; he claimed them both as whigs, He then ridi- | culed the resolutions of the Baltimore convent | The firetone upheld what no oue denied. The second | denied what no one opposed; and the third asserted every thing in general and nothing in patticular — (Cheers and laughter) All the addresses of General Cass were of the Fame Character, (Laughter.) He thon | referred to the various points of dillurence between the great patties—the bank, the tariff, and the | Mexivan war-which he designated au exponsive, ‘an unnatural and outrageous war, though he had had | & good deal to do with it. Afur entering at some Jergth into the difl-rences between the whig and the democratic party, Which heve long eines been worn | thread-bare, by con*tunt repetition in these columns, | he proceeded to tase up tho objection which the Southern whigs are rad to have to Fillmore, and con. tended that they eoutd net be made accountable for the conduct of the Charleston Jocofoeo's. (Applause.) Alter making & ferocious attack on Martin Van Baron and General Cass, bo eaid, that though a slayeholder, power | if Zachary Taylor pledged himself to veto the Wilmot proviso, Xcol. H.) would desert his standard, (Cheers.) After some further observation, in praise | of General Taylor, he concluded, by impressing upon them the necessity of continuing their efforts till they had secured the triumph of the candidate of (u/c choice. (Great applaure.) ‘was then passed to the gentleman the favor to address them on that occasion, and the meeting adjourned, with three cheers for General Taylor. Political Intelligence. ouro. The whigs are trying a new system of tactics in Ohio, with the hope of thereby carrying the State election, which comes off in October. A section of the party having, as is well known, disapproved of the nomination of Genera! Taylor tor the Presi- dency, itis deemed inadmisable by the whig lead- ers to insist upon a party test, with regard to the Presidency, for candidates for office, exvept to nominate candidates for electors of President and Vice President, known to be in favor of Taylor and Fillmore. Hence the whig candidate for Go- vernor, Seabury Ford, keeps himse!f uncommitted on the subject of the Presidency, and all the eflorts of the democrats to draw him out have thus far proved unsuccessful. In two strong anti-Taylor districts, Messrs. Giddings and Campbell have been nominated for Congress; and in this way the whig nominations are managed throughout the State, Taylor men being nominated only in those districts where the general 1s popular. tthe whig party can be kept together until after the State election in October, and a whig triumph thereby secured, it is presumed that the party may be, by that_time. or before November, reconciled as to the Presidential question, . GEORGIA, A mass meeting of the friends of Gen. Taylor 1s to take place at Atlanta, in the western part of one on the 14th of September. “ The friends of Old Zack,” says a Georgian paper, ‘are ex- pected in thousands from Georgia, South Carolina Alabama, and Tennessee.” Meesrs. Toombs und Stephens, whig members of Congress, accepted the invitation of the demo- cratic party to meet Messrs. Colquitt and John- son, at Forsyth, on Friday, Ist imst., in a public discussion. ‘shese gentleman are regarded as the ablest stump speakers of their respective parties inth. State. One of the latter is an ex-Senator, and the other at present a member of the United States Senate. There is much political excite- ment in Georgia between the respective friends of Cass and Taylor. SOUTH CAROLINA. The movement at Albany, in consequence of General Taylor’s acceptance of the nomination ot the South Carolina democrats, appears to help Taylor in Charleston, and meetings in favor of the General for President continue to be we there, with increased zeal and energy. INDIANA. | 5 There are now three free soil papers published inIndiana. A_ free soil State convention, for the nomination of a Van Buren and Adams electoral ticl et, was to be held at Indianapolis on the 30th August. KENTUCKY. The Legislature elect stands as follows:— Whig. Dem, Damar 11 a e308 36 1 Whig majority on joint ballot, 44. ” e WISCONSIN. The Milwaukie Sentinel publishes letters to show that the whig party in that State are gene- rally united on Taylor and Fillmore, while the democrats are divided as to Cass and Van Buren. General Alexander Anderson, who was elected to the United States Senate by the Legislature of Tennessee. in 1840, upon the resigaation of Hugh L. White, has come out in favor of General Taylor for the Presidency. a ‘TENNESSEE, Mr. Crittenden’s majority for Governor in the State is reported official at 8,463. His inaugura- tion takes place on Wednesday, 6th inst. @ LOUISIANA. Extract of a letter to the editors of the Milledge- ville Recorder, dated Cousnatrie Cnure, La, August 1, 1843, Lexpect you would like to hear how Taylor is get- ting along here. He is sweeping nearly every thing in this section. What few Cass men that are here, jnok down in the mouth, and pour out their wrath on Van Buren; for all their hopes were at the North, and now they give it up. Taylor has done all this himself, It has not been the work of office-hunters or politicians, ‘We haye not hed any electioneering, for every man appears tobe anxious for the day to come for old Zach to take the reins of governwent, ILLINOIS. TheChicago Tribune publishes a letter from a demo- cratin Kane county, Illinois, pledging the vote of ten out of every twelve democrate,in that neighborhood, for Van Buren and Adams, and putting the county down as good for 1000 majority. Terence Srorm on Tue Missovrt River.— Boats in yesterday report that, on the night of the 20th, a termble and very destructive storm visited the country, and many of the towns bordering on the Missouri river. The first town injured was St. Joseph. The wind commenced blowing from the prairies, between 11 and 12 P. M., and in less than thirty minutes, increased to a terrific gale. Much injury was done to the town; several pe sons were more or less hurt, but no lives | The timber, farm houses, fences, &c., for miles in width, were blown down, and everything on the track of the raging element laid waste. The court house, in the town of St. Joseph, was unroofed; several other buildings sustained great damage; and many small frame and log tenements were blown entirely down. From thence the hurricane crossed the Missoun, and swept nearly every thiog before it; passed over the Platte country, aving much dan ege in its course. Tne next towa on the river sustaining much injury was Lexington ; | here its fury, if anything, was increased. Quite a | number ot houses were unroofed, the college among the number, the roof and entire gable walls of which were blown down. Several per- sons were injured, but none seriously. The court house and most of the two and three story build- ings were more or less damaged, and the enure logs is estimated at over 000. ‘The steamer Sacramento, in the river, live miies below, was blown from her moorings, and dow. stream a mile er two. Fortunately, she struck a sand bar, and was thus saved from destruction. Her boiler deck and hurricane roof, forward of the social hall, were torn up, and her chimneys blown down; und just in the height of the storm, fire was seen to issue from her, the sparks trom the chimneys having caught several mattresses in the berths occupied , by the officers of the boat. Great consternation prevailed, and it was a scene more easy to conjec- | ture than describe. The storm lasted nearly two hours. After it subsided, the boat was brought to Tights, and no one was found missing. During the contusion on board, two passengers and the pilot of the boat, Mr. Consaul, fell into the forward hatch, (the covering of which had been blown off), and all were injured, Mr. Consaul very severely, and the other two slightly. The fire was soon got under, the chimneys raised, and the decks re- paired, and the boat proceeded onher trip. Itis not known to what extent the storm raged in the interior; but from its severity along the river, the presumption is, that a vast amount of property had been destroyed. Carita Conviction at Wiikesparre, Pa.—A the late Court of Oyer and Terminer, for Luzerne county, held at Wilkesbarre, James Cadden was convicted of the murder of Daniel Gilligan, on the 10th of August. On the Me of the murder, Gulli- gan was at work on a railroad at the mines. A | gun was fired from a clump of bushes near by, which took effect upon Gilligan, killing him almost instantly. At the same moment, Cadden was seen running from the bushes with a gun in his hand, which, with threats of violence he had previously made egainet Gilligan, sausfied the jury, who re- twrned a verdict of * Guilty ot murder in the firat degree.” Judge Conyngham pronounced the sen- tence of death vpon the prisoner, Police, In " Commotion at the Tombs. —Quite @ commotion was created at the Tombs, yesterday, among the officers, not in consequence of an extra rush of thieves, for they were remazkably scarce, but ia consequence of His Honor, the Mayor, detailing several now officers to intricate bi ‘obs. im the places of ed for other duties ‘This was looked upon by Med for, while the 'tns’’ considered it quite a wind fall, aud were well satisied with jor's selection. ‘om a Thief. Officer Keete, of the 5th ward, arrested an old shop lifter, called Mary Mitabeil. yes- terday, having in her possession a piece of unbleached muUrlin, evidently stoien frou some store, supposed Lu be from Capal street. An owner is wanted, apply to Captain Carpenter, Sth ward station house, 48 Loousrd ftreet. The woman was locked up, to avait the ap pearance of an owner for the goods, vinother —John Hares, an old thief, was stopped by officer Jndge, of the 6th ward, yesterday, having in iis oreestion five sheets, three pillow cases markea F i , One bed epread, and a table cowr An owner ie wanted; apply to the captain of the 6th ward police, 48 Leoward street, | ratus of Professor Moree, in about six minutes ; and | in that village :—On the 20th ; mill. ‘The Lightning Law Case. Mz. Eprror 4 a Can a general principle be patented ? and, if so, can a patent for steam paddle wheels cover the screw propeller, and other machines, merely be- cause they are propelled by the general principle of steam? Professor Morse, it appears, cliims the general principle of communicating intelli- ey by electricity. Can that be maintained? ‘he following very accurate description of the general principle, and of Professor Morse’s first machine, appeared in the Journal of the American Institute, for January, 1838. [t will repay the pe- tusal at thistime, Professor Morse, we understand, pronounced it accurate, and the best description that had been published, both of the machine, and also of the general principle of communicating intelligence. ELECTRO-MAGNETIC 7 WY A MeAIMER (Read at the Stated Meeting of tho Institute } To the Corresponding Secretary. §c.—In compliance with your request, | herewith send you a brief descrip- tion ‘of the electro-magnetic telegraph of Professor Moree, who has recently completed an apparatus of tufficient size and perfection, to demonstrate, in a very plausible manner, the practicability of communt- cating intelligence to any definite distance on the «arth, by the agency of wire to conduct the galvanic fluid, or voltaic electricity, (which, in the opinion of sowe pbilorophers. is a modification of light.) and is known to move with the rapidity of light itself. Mr. Moree employs copper wire conductors, ten wiles long ; for convenience, this wire is wound on @ Teel; to prevent contact, the wire is covered with cotton thread. which being a bad conductor, of course the voltaic electricity follows the wire in its course round the reel during the whole length (ten miles), the same as if the wire extended through the air. ‘The spark or shock produced at one end, (by bring- ing the two poles of a galvanic battery in contact,) is instantly carried by the conducting wire to the other end, where a piece of soft iron, in horse-shoe form, re- ceives the spark, (galvanic fluid) and instantly be- comes an electro-magnet, which continues its attrac- ting properties only 60 long as the poles are in contact at the other end. This facility of rendering iron magnetic, and divesting it again’ of its magnetic pro- perties, constitutes the medium of communicating any word, or number of words, in the dictionary. In the foregoing description there is nothing new, so far as regards discovery by Professor Morse; for the idea of an electro-magnetic telegraph has been discussed a long time, and two or more plans for that purpose, were some time since patented in England. Phe porstbility of communicating intelligence by this ffuid, would naturally have suggested itself to Galvani, ite discoverer, or to Volta, Carlisle, Nicholson, Cruik: sbanks, Dr. Woilasten, Sir H. Davy, and others, by whom the electro-magnetic and’ electro-chemical soience have received their gradual and beautiful de- velopement, The improvement discovered b> Py sregsox Morse, consists of two yery ingenious machines, one at each end of the wire, 9 communicate the intelligence in the most portable form, and to receive and register it with great expedition and facility. 1 will describe it thus:—Firet station—a dictionary, with a number for every wordin the language—types, resembling pieces of a'raw-blade, having from one to nine tevth to repre- sent the nine digits; these types are, say, one and three quarter incbes from bottom to fower part of the teeth and one quarter inch more for height of tooth, would make them two inches ; also, types two inches high, without teeth, and of various breadths, to repre- sent spaces, (the space type are connected with the digit type, but I will treat them as distinct, in ordur to explain more clearly their use); there are also type one and three quarter inches long, and half an inch bread. to represent a cypher. Now, suppose the com- munication to be— Steamboat Caroline burned, 11,845 106 73 the number under each word is there registered in the dictionary, ‘The types are now putin a long groove, UB — GRarH. NNN NVIVTVVIN eV od toe —~VVVVY———VVVVVVV—Vvy Tho first is a tooth, or notch, to allow the lever to fall once—then a small space to denote a full charac- ter—then notch and space, three notches—space, four notches— apace, five notches, and then long space to denote the end of aword. Now, a new word com- mences with a notch for 1—a mall apace—then a thort type or space for 0—then five notches for 5, and #0 on. Directly over the groove of types is a lever, working on a pivot at the rear end, and held up at the end in front ot the type by a flat arm or leg, fastened firmly to the lever, and resting on the groove or long space abead of the type, and as high as the top of the teeth; on the end of the lever next to the arm are two copper points, connected and bent cownwards, This machine | connected with a galvanic battery (Cruikshanks’), and also connected with the ten mile length of wire. ‘The groove containing the types is to move underthe lever by @ cog-wheel and crank. which is now turned by band, and the operation commences thus :—The end of the flat arm einks into the first tooth, which lowers the lever enough to allow the connected copper pointe on the end to fall into two cups of mercury, which instantly bringe in contact the positive aud hegative poles, and sends a shock or «park to the second station—the types continue to pass under the lever. and when the end of the flat arm is on the top of the teeth. or on spaces of the ame height, the copper points must be raired out of the mercury, and th’ shock or spark, ceases—but as often as the flat arm falls into @ tooth cr on a espace of same height (for eypher), the shock or spark must be continued. 1 will now leave this, to describe the machine, and effect produced at the other end of the ten mile wire. The recond station, or place to receive intelligence, has a piece of iron in form of a horse shoe, connected with the grent conducting wire; the horse-shoo is horizontal. aud in front of it is a cylinder, around which is fastened a sheet of paper; this cylinder is ,TWO CENTS. Cry Intelligence, .—A fire broke out about two o'clock ye terday morning. in a stable in the rear of Minot! street, near McDougal. which was entirely destroye together with t wo horses. The flames communicated to the carpenter’ *hop of Messrs. Boebe & Co., whioh contained the finshed wood work for ten new build. ings, all of which wva destroyed Their loss is about $6,000, upon which there was no insurance, their po- licy having expired u the Ist dey of the present month, There were also several dwelling houses, oc- cupied by poor familie:’, which were destroyed. ‘Tho ole of the furniture in tho latver was consumed, and some six or cight fum ilies are left hou eless and destitute. It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. A fire broke ou! on Sunday afternoon in the coffin store of Mr. Veitch, at the corner of Bedford and Morton streets, which was’ put out with trifling | damage. | Fins —A fire broke out about a quarter past throo | o'clock, yesterday afternoon, in the house No. Lil Walker street, occupied by Mra. Robert & board- ing house. It was put out with trifling damage. | _ Amxnscan Yacutino.—The splendid pilot schooner David Mitehell, Captain James Mitchell, will sail this morning for Boston. via Stonington, New London, & she goes on a pleacure excursion. The trip through Long Island Sound, or the American Mediterrancun Sea, will be a very agreeable one Svuicipe.—Coroner Walters held an inquest yester- day, at No. 117 Seventeenth street, on the body of Catharive Deary, & native of Ireland, 28 years of age, who came to her death by taking laudanum. It seems the deceased a sick child, which was almost at the point of death; and the fear of losing it. it is supposed, caused @ temporary derangement of mind, which led to the fatal result. The jury rendered a verdict, that the deceased came to her death by suicide by taking laudanum, Deatn rxom Ixtearenanc sr —The Coroner held an ingest at the Ist ward station house. yesterday. on the body of John Gunneng, a native of Ireland 24 years of age. who was found the night previous, by the po- lice, Iying on the sidewalk at the corner of Washing. ton and Carlisle streets. ‘The officers procured a hand- cart. and conveyed him to the station house, where, in afew minutes. he expired. The deceased was a re- turned Mexican soldier. The jury rendered a verdict, | that he died from the effects of intemperance. | _ Suppew Dearu.—The Coroner held another inquest, | yesterday, at the City Hospital, on the body of arthur i y Hospital, y | Burns, a native of New York, age+ 23 years, who, it seems, from the evidence before the jury, was subject tofite; and in one of these sudden attacks, he was | carried to the City Hospital, where he expired. The jury rendered a verdict, that the deceased came to his death by an effusion of blood upon the brain, arising from epileptic fits. Broooklyn Inteligence. Axoruen Conruachation 1x BRooxtyx.—A fire broke out about two o'clock yesterday mornin, in the rear of the soap and candle factory of Mr. David Fay, No, 65 Main street, which was entirely destroyed vogether With the nts tactory fronting on Main street, and two buildings im the year, fronting on Stewart street; one ef which belonged to Mr. Mullins, and was insured for $1,000. His wife and child were rescued at great’ yisk from the flames. Mr. Fay's entlie stock was destroyed; his _ loss is estimated at $80,000, upon which there was an in- surance of about $10,000. No. 63 Main street, ocou- pied asahotel, by Mr Dent, and ownef by Mr. Bar- ney Ridden; the furniture was renz0ved, but the house was totally destroyed. Loss about $3,000; partially iveured, No. 61, occupied by Mr. John Murray, asa hat store, destroyed. ‘This house belonged toa Mr. Walsh, and was partially insured. No. 59, occupied by Mr. McNamard, was totally destroyed. No 67, oc- cupied by Mr. Fay, a8 @ store house, was destroyed. No. 69, was also desiroyed; it beicmged to a Mr. Moon, but it was not ascertained by whom 3s W48 occupied. No. 71, belon:ing to Mr. Moon, was also dvecl°¥@d; it was occupied by Dr. Gilfillen, in which was ‘als the drug store of H. Marshalk. ‘The former gentleman lost his library, and surgical instruments. All those oc- cupying the premises succeeded in removing their stock, andfurniture, except Mr. Fay, upon whom the calamity falls the heaviest. The houses were all built of wood, except one on Stewart street; and the fire taking where it did, the com- bustible materials in the building rendered the efforts of the firemen futile, until that building was destroyed. ‘he whole loss is supposed to be about $45,000, upon the whole of which there was a partial insurance. On York street, @ small framed house, oc- cupied as a junk shop, was destroyed, which, however, was of trifling value Mr. Joseph Montrose, and Mc. Lewis Cornell, of hook and ladder Co No. 1, were both severely injured by the falling of a ladder; the former of whom had his coliar bone broken. A ‘Mr. Apple- yard was also injured by falling into » sink, Fixe at New Uraecur.—On Sunday morning, the 3d instant, at the commencement of chureh, the barn and out houses of the Hon, John Emmons, at New | Utrecht, Long Island, were consumed by fire, contain- ing considerable quantities of hay and grain; some live stock was alto destroyed. Loss estimated between $3,000 and $4,000. It was supposed to bave been the work of an incendiary, as several suspicious persons | were seen lurking about the neighborhood at the time. Law Intelligence. Surareme Court, Sept. 4 —General Term.—Present, Justices Hurlbut, McCoun. and Edwards —The Sep- tember term commenced to- Applications for ad- mission to practice as Attor: and Counsellors were first in order, Eleven applications were made, John L. Mason, Theodore Sedgewicke, and /Erastus C. Bene- dict, were appointed examiners, The examination was held this evening, in the Circuit Court room. Mo- tions were then taken up, and occupied ths court for two hours. The argument calender was then called. No, 1 (Arnold and wife, et al, vs, Gilbert, et al,) called, and in part argued. ‘The court adjourned at 8 o'clock. Court or Orek ann Trrwixen, Sept. 4—Before Judge Edmonds, Ald, Adams and Stevens.—A grand jury were summoned, but were discharged. A petit jury was then sworn. After which, Sarah Stewart, made to revolve, and also to move one inch forward at every revolution. Between the cylinder and horse- shoe is « horizontal steel bar—fixed into this bar is « pentagraph. holding # pen or pencil—thia bar is also moveable, and the instant the horre-shoe receives the shock or spark from the wire, it becomes an electro- magnet, and attracts the bar to it, while the pen or pencil is by that motion forced against the paper oa the cylinder, and again withdrawn, as often as the flat arm at first station is raised to the top of the teeth or types. The first. spark which reaches the second station, rings a bell to warn the keeper of news; the cylinder from that moment receives and continues a motion of equal speed with the groove of types, and at the end of the communication the pen will have made on the paper a register similar to the following : Up to the first large space the dots correspond to 11 845, which, in the dictionary, is the number for Steamboat. Up to the next large space they make 105, which answers to Caroline; and the remaining dots make 73, which, in the dictionary, stand against Burned. This much can be done on the present appa- it is probable that the same result would ensue, aod in the same space of time, if the wire was 500 or 5,000 miles long. Protestor Morse proposes to encase the wire in leaden tubes, filled with pitch, and to lay them under ground, and on the bed of rivers, The principal objection to this machine, is the pro- bability of water (a second rate conductor) reaching the wire, and attracting all, or diminishing the force of the galvanic fluid before it reaches its destination. But it is supposed by a great many good judges, that the galvanic fluid would continue to follow the best conductor (copper wire), notwithstanding water should reach it at every mile or foot on the route. If such conclusions be verified by experiment, it will then be porsible to communicate the account of a shipwreck from Cape Horn or Terra del Fuego to New York in less than an hour! So much for the developements of a science discovered by Galvani, merely from seeing the effect produced by two cold metals touching the nerves of & dead frog. alias Louisa Savage, alias Louisa Bremond, was ar- raigned for the murder of Pierre D. Bremond, on the Sth day of July last, in Nasseu street. ‘The ‘prisoner pleaded not guilty.’ Her trial was fixed for ‘Thursday next, The trial of Thomas Hayes, for the murder ot is wife, war fixed for to-morrow. ‘The eourt then ad- journed, Cincuit Count, Sept, 4,—Before Judge Edmonds.— The Circuit Court was opened, and immediately af- terwards adjeurned, Surneme Count, Sept, 4.—Speci Term — Before Judge Edmonds,—Mondaya being set apart for special term business, after adjourning the Oyer and Termi- ner and Circuit Court, his honor proceeded to hear motions, which occupied the Court until the hour of adjournment Surenion Count, Sept 4—Present, Chief Justice Oakley, Justices Vanderpocl and Sandford. — Tae Court was formally opened, and immediately after ad- journed until Thureday next, to hear a special motion. Common V'txas, Sept. 4 —The two branches of this Court were in rettion, and juries empanelied in each. Nocaures being ready for trial, both Courts adjourned. At Chambers. ¢ Judge Ingraham.—Not forth- coming.— Writs of habeas corpus were granted on Saturday, to bring the bodies of Andrew G. Williams, atrick Clark, Patrick Tounelly. William Ricket, recruits, into Court this morning. A sergeant attend- ed, but without the men, and handed in returns, whieh were objected to. ‘The Judge ordered the re- turnsto be amended, and the men brought before him to-morrow mornii Grnerat Sessions, "Sep corder, Aldermen Crolius and Dodge.—The September term commenced ): rday, when the Court was or- ganized under the new law. Eighteen petit jurors were called on fi The following is the list of cases on the calendar :—Attempt to kill, 1; robbery, 2; arson, 1; burglary, 4 ; forgery, 3 ; grand larceny, 18 ; petit larceny, 3 ; false pretences, 2 ; riot, 3; assault and battery, 3—Totul, 39. Indicted. 24 ; bastardy, 1; | abandonment, 2~ Total, 37—Grand total, 76. The following Grand Jury were sworn :—James C. ‘ A common Count. joaRD OF ALDERMEN, Sept. 4 —Alder i fe the Oba: P' Alderman Fraoklia Russ Pavement.—Alderman Crouts cffered the an- nexed communication from Russ & Reid. for a further contract, showing the superiority of their pavement over all others, which was referred:— To the Honorable, the Common Council of the City of Yew Fork— ‘The communication of the un ly represents, That they are engaged in constructing the Russ pavement in Broadway, from Chambers to Vesey street, the materials for which they have been ever since August, 1847 preparing, showing plainly to your honorable body, that if it is your intention that this Work should progress next year. the contract should | be entered into as soon us posrible, in order that the I Sy tian may have all the winter months to prepare fer it. That the undersign: desirous of showing the economy of the Rugs pavement, without intending to underrate the ability of the Superintendent of Pave- ments, or to censure him for expending such a large amount of money in repaving the public thoroaghfares | Upon & principle which is erreneous, and entirely in- signed respectful- sPagnte to the durable work required. That the sppropriation asked for and received by the Stree Department, was fifty-five thosand dollars, which sum has been disposed of in the following man. ner:— For special contracts—repairing, setting curb and gutter surveying, inspecting, Ke. ke .. Pee Reese ccecoes . 8,500 00 Rues Pavement, in Broadway,..... . 11,918 50 Repairing the cobble stone pavements of the city of New York,............+0..... 32164 60 Balance on hand. . eee eeee 2417 00 $55,000 00 Your honorable body can here readily discover the expensive manner in which the public thoroughfires of this city are paved. Thirty-two thousand dollars have been expended since the first day of May; tho greatest part of which bas most undoubtedly been con- fumed in repairing the public thoroughfares, without necenting any beneficial result; notwithatanding that r. Jefferson Berrian, the Superintendant of Pave- ments, possesses sound practical knowledge and long experience; but the task assigned him of keeping the public thoroughfares in order with cobble stones, ie an impossibility and ruinourly expensive in the attempt. ‘he undersigned offer the above facts, to establish by comparison the econemy of the Russ pavement, for its permanency and durability. Its cleanliness pre- sents another economical principle, which experience has thoroughly established, RUSS & REID, - Application of William J. Omberson, for @ lease of the gore of land formed by the intersection of old and new William streets. Referred to Committee on Fi- nance. Sewer in Fourth street.—A petition from the owners of property in Fourth stroet, east of Lafayette Place, for a sewer in Fourth to the’ Kast River. Referred to Committee on Roads and Canals, Remonstrance.—A remonstrance of William A, Mar- tin and 878 others, against lea-ing pier foot of Twelfth street, to Commissioners of Emigiation. Referred to Committee on Wharves. Petition of tho New York and Erie Railroad Com- any, for alease of the square bounded by Duane, West, Reade and Washington etreets, Referred to Committee of F . Fire Engine.—A petition of Phillip P, White, and others, fora fire engine in the 14th ward. ed te Committee on Fire Department. Petition of the Camden and Amboy Railroad Com- ony, for continuation of exclusive privileges. at pier No. 2 North river. Granted. Petition of Hose Company No. 3, for a new hose earrivge. Referred to the Committee on Fire Depart- ment. Petition of firemen of the 12th ward, to have ant alarm bell erected on the top of the engine house; as the distance being so great that they cannot hear the ‘mof fire, Referred té Committee on Fire. lion e. William Johnson to be reimbursed for damages done bie sonlOMer, While laying at the dock at Harlem. Referred to Con.nittee om W harve: Petition of Aaron Waslacker, oF & butehe No 4 Essex market, Meferred to Committee on ots, : Petition of Oliver C. Hull, that the fire alarm bell 1= 29th street may be removed, in consequence of the injury which its ringing occasions to his dwelling house adjoining. Referred to Committee on Fire Depart- ment. Petition of David Kilmer and others, that the pro- prietor of the camphene factory im 25th street, which Was recently destroyed by fire, may be prohibited from rebuilding the same, in consequence of exposing the surrounding property to danger of fire, leferred to Committee on Fire. Report of the Committee on Wharves, Piers and Slips, in favor of extending the time for bi pier No. 2North River. Adopted. ? Superintindants of Pavements.—A report of the Com- mittee om Streets, relative to the appointment of Su- | perintendants of Pavements, with an ordnance in favor thereof. Adopted. Sewer in Broadway.—Report in fayor of construet- ing a sewer in Browaway, from the present sewer near Bleeker street, to Hoaston street. Adopted. Sewer in Pine Street—Concurred with, the Board of Assistant Aldermen in constructing a sewer in Pine street, from Nassau to Pearl strest. Innual Report of the President of the Croton Aque- duct Board. Ordered to be filed and printed. Report from Comptroller on the account current of the Vity Chambrelain, for quarter ending July 31, 1348, Ordered to be filed, Communication from the Comptroller in reference to additional appropriations on account of expenditures for the city government during the remainder of the pfesent year, asking for $206,325. Referred to Finance Commitiee and ordered printed. Resolved, that the corporation be directed to defend the suit commenced against Alderman Crolius, of th Fourteenth ward, in suppressing an exhibition in the Fourteenth ward, he deeming the same to be a nui- fance. Adopted. Votunteer Meda Resolved, that $1000 more be ap: propriated for the purpore of furnisaing the additional medals requisite for the First Regiment of N.Y. Vo- lunteers. Adopted. pa Petition from store keepers in “Chatham street, op- posed to the pulling in of customers from the street, referred to His Honor, Mayor. Petition of P. C. Johnsen, for compensation for ser- vices in the office of Commissioners of Alms House. Referred to committee on charity and alms, The Board then adjourned until Monday next at five o'clock. Boanp or Assistant Atoxawex.—Wilson Small, Erq., Prevident, in the Chair. The minutes of the preceding meeting were resd and approved, Petitions Referred and Approved —Of Wm. B, Mott. to be appointed keeper of the mad house om Black- well’s Island. Of the plumbers of the city of New York, to have Urish Merriman appointed President of the Croton aqneduct department. Of Wm. W. Todd and others, to have Croton water introduced into 4th street. Of William B. Bolster, for extra pay for build- ing pier No. 6, East river. Of Thomas Suffern and others, for a sewer in Broadway, Of Thomas Cawder und others, for well aod pump in 54th strees, between 6th and 7th avenues, Of John Adams and others, to use 86th as a country road, from Bloomingdale to the Hudron river. Of James Horton and oth for a fewer in 27th street, from 2d to Ist avenue. Of D. J. Fowler, to have lots in 20th street filled up, Of Thomas Edwards and several others, praying that the Gas Light Company be prevented from rebuilding the premises lately burned down in Centre street, and that they be compelled to remove ail their works to their new build- ings. OfJohn B. Parker and several others, for the ere- ction of & new market at foot of Grund street. Communications from the Mayor, stating what dceuments he had approved of, ordered on file from the Comptroller's, with the account curr Chamberlain for quarter ending July on file. Papers from the Board of Aldermen—Communication Stoneall. fereman ; William Ballagh, John A. Bunt- ing, Freeman Campbell, Edward Ewan, John B, | Gasener, Henry A. Hurlburt, Garrett J. Hopper, Francis Lamb, Amos Miller, John Mason, Edward Cask or Bigamy.—A’correspondent in Chicopee furnishes us with the following history of a vil- lanous ¢ase of bigamy, that has justbeen exposed f April last, Charles W. Follett and wife engaged as weavers in the em- ploy of the Dwight Co, at Chicopee, and worked until the 9th of May, when Follett left for Boston, or some place East on the sea shore, on account of poor health; leaving his wife still at work in the She received one or two letters from him atter he lett, from different places, in the eastern | Be of the State. On going to the office one day, or a letter, she found one for him; took it out, an found it to be a letter from another wife he had, living in Otsego, New York. Overwhelmed with riet, she wrote to her friends, and a brother came for her, and carried her home, to Gardiner, Maine. On the 80th ult, a woman, with a small. child three months old, presented herselt at the office o! the Dwight Co,, and inquired for Charles W. Fol- lett, saying thathe was her husband. Here she received the first intimation that he had another wile, end her grief was truly pitiable. Her ac- count of herself and Follettis this, She became acquainted with him at the mills in New E! Village and after three months acquaintance ried in May, 1847. They continued to work in the mil together, as long as she was able, when she Jeft him, on the 27th of March, 1848, and went to his mother’s in Otsego, New York, at which place her child was born, in May. He continued to write to her until he left Chicopee. Prom com- paring dates it seems he was married a second time just one month atter his wife left him. He represented to his second wife that he was a wi dower, and had a letter, purporting to be from hi mother, g:ving an account ot his wWife’s death; be also took this letter to a Methodist meeting, (ot which Church he was a member,) and requested the i and sympathies of his brethren for him in his affliction. He is now somewere in Mossachuse i Nertnd Nn Aap trast this his- tory may reach him, and warn the rspecting.— Springfield Republican, bec 7 Roche, Henry KR Spalding, John D. Scott. William ‘Tyson, William Underhill, Samuel Widdifield Whe Recolbes heredpoti reed an address from some slipe of paper, which he bad placed before him, on the Bench, which stated that » detail of the class of cases was unnecessary. The part which the Grand Jury | were called upon to perform, was, however, important. | The revolutions now existing in Europe proved that their institutions were favorable to human liberty. | ‘The government could not be wrong, if public opin- | jon was right, based, as it was, on the suffrage of the people. ‘The Jery had aright to examine carefully into each charge. The manuscript reviewed the statistics of crime, for some years buck, in this city, showing that the great preponderanee was attibatable to foreign ho, trom time to tum d to our and which also revie in Dublin, London, and parts of Europe, and went to show that educa- tion, exclusively, according to some of the returns, was not altogether @ preveatative of crime ; upon which, the jury retired to their rooms. Grand Larceny. ‘bomas Mev uliag! 6 Mecvliagh, bis wi ere hereupon put forward, charged with stealing 43 sovereigns from Mary Ann Gilebrist, on the 11th of July last. Mary Ann Gitcunist testified that, on the 8th of July, she was passenger in the ship “ William R. Cooper,” in which the prisoners were passengers ; went to board at No.7 Washington street; bad goid (sovereigns) sewed in her pocket; lost her money on the llth July, in the house; drank some wine that dey; slept, and when she awoke, found her pocket cut off ; Mary Jane and her husband, the prisoner, were in the room ; the purse produced is mine ; it contained e sovereign, @ silver piece, and a dollar bill ; next time | taw the Mov ig! t the police office ; saw the purre there at that time. ‘Witnesses testified that the prisoner, Mary Jane, bad tovereigns found on ber person, in & purse, and that both prisoners scknowleaged they had taken the money. The defence putin relied & the prosecutrix, Mrs. Gilebrist, at the time of the robbery, conse was given to (hejury, up to # late hour ALENDAR—This Day.—Cirews) Court—Tho ‘Common Pleas—Part 1 ; 1,9, 21, 25, 27, who had not agreed rom the Street Commissioner (or changing ordinances, q med 3d May, 1848; 15th October, 187; ‘August Bar 1647; April 2oih, 1848; August 4th, 1947; September 24th, 1848; and April 20th, 1847 ; concurred in. From the Street Commissioner with the Assessment List for ad settling curb and gutter im J0th street. ,in from the same, with the Assessment List for building a sewer in Wail street, from New street to Broadway, concurred in. From the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, containing returns of w ments, resignations, &c., concurred in. Res directing the counsel to the Corporation to defe suit against Alderman Crojius, for suppressing « nvisance in the 14th Ward. Resolution to appropriate $1600 to purchose a lot of ground in 2th street, be- iween 7th and Sth avenues, to build an engine house, concurred in. Keports—Ot Finance Committee of Board of Assist ants asking to be discharged from furtier © der. ation of petition of N, Chamberlain—of same com- mittee asking to be discharged from further eonsider- ationsof petition of Joseph Childs, referred to Com- mittee on Wharves—of same committee in favour of refunding G. Tf. Green the purchase mouvy of lot of lund purchared at asressment sale, accepted—ot saae committee in favour of refunding to William Cairnes, Jun., money advanced to St and lot in 10th epted, non. concurred in, peer em ‘Board of Aldermen—Report of Finance Committee on communication from the May and Cousmissioners of the Land Office of the New York in reistion to the saleot the arsenal im Centro street, and paying $30,000 tothe State oat of the par- jase money. e comme ication from Committee on Wharves and Slips, im favor of substituting piles im place of « blook at the end of pier at foot of Chambers street, North Jay Report of same eiccael favor o fi wt foot of Jay street, soce| b Teenie h Atreet—-Report of Committee on Roads ,in favor of constructing # sewer im 20th sire cud be regulating and setting carb and gutters in reid street; from Jd avenue to the East River, ac- bs the Board adjourned to a. Meet, come farther busin Friday next. SP Sviciwe.—Rem_ Snedeker, son of the late John R Seedecker, (Jamaica Toad, near the Union tuce course,) columitted suicide on Fridayslast, at Malcay vy nonths ago he kept a pub: me and fwing in his busta L. L., by cutting his throat with a aon . ¢ house at became 29 BL, BB, 8, 97. Part 2s 17, 19, 24, 26, 806 9, 90, 3 | sponding —Brockiyn Star.